Health & Safety Lead - Contractor Management

Health & Safety Lead - Contractor Management
Location: Surrey (site-based; 5 days per week)
Salary: Up to 60,000

Irwin and Colton are pleased to have been engaged by an industry-leading FM organisation that is looking to bring on board a new Health and Safety professional to lead contractor management systems across a major site in Surrey. The role will be responsible for overseeing the operation of the Contractor Management office, ensuring safe working conditions, accurate completion of documentation and Permits to Work, and adherence to safe systems of work across the site, while also managing a team of two safety professionals.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing health and safety team, looking to improve change across the board, and to work in a professional and dynamic working environment.

Responsibilities of the Health & Safety Lead will include:

• Engaging with key stakeholders to improve health and safety culture with subcontractors
• Collaborating with subcontractors and internal procurement specialists to ensure supplier performance and site requirements are maintained at a high level, and developing the health and safety management systems to reflect best practices
• To analyse risk across the critical working environment and to create change to mitigate risks
• Ensuring contractors on-site are compliant to agreed legislation and company guidelines

The successful Health & Safety Lead will have:

• NEBOSH general certificate (or equivalent) and relevant membership of a professional body
• Proven experience within the built environment, ideally from a facilities management background (Hard FM) or industrial M&E
• Experience in influencing, engaging, and liaising with subcontractors to create cultural change in safety and compliance processes
• Strong working understanding of relevant ISO systems (ISO 45001, 14001, and 9001)
• Experience working with confined spaces, working at height and/or excavations would be advantageous

DBS Clearance will be required for this role

This is an excellent opportunity to join an established Facilities Management company with a long history, strong heritage and brilliant retention.

For more information on this opportunity or to discuss your next career move, contact Matthew Cathcart on +44 (phone number removed) or apply here.

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